Job Description
Reporting to the General Counsel (based in London), the Senior Commercial Counsel lawyer will be responsible for a broad commercial role as a trusted and key advisor on matters of key strategic and financial importance. This is a highly visible role in a well-regarded legal team. This is a full-time position, please apply only if you have the right to work in the UK.
You will be an English-law qualified commercial lawyer with 6+ years’ post-qualification experience, including management and training experience.
The work of the legal team is diverse; the team advises all business units on contractual and regulatory issues. Our work covers corporate, commercial, compliance, intellectual property and data protection issues, amongst others. Additionally, the team supports the work of the HR, advertising and finance functions.
What will you be doing at Miniclip?
With four direct reports, managing the work-flow and priorities for the commercial pillar of the legal team, including the following:
1. Supporting the business on its key strategic commercial goals
2. Drafting and negotiating a range of contracts with third parties such as:
- Game publishing, development, and IP acquisition agreements
- Marketing and promotional agreements, including user acquisition contracts, endorsement deals and influencer agreements.
- Advertising agreements
- Work for hire contracts and consultancy agreements
3. Ad-hoc support to stakeholders across the business on commercial queries and contentious matters
4. Advising the group and supervising day-to-day work on intellectual property matters, including assisting on game clearances, registering group brands, and enforcing group rights
5. Working with the Community and Customer Support teams to advise on campaigns and complaints, as they arise
6. Providing contractual support to various teams across the business, such as reviewing employment and facilities contracts
7. Corporate support work, such as due diligence on potential acquisitions
8. Contributing to the legal team’s know-how bank by drafting contract templates and guidance notes
9. Legal and regulatory risk management
10. Reviewing and updating the Terms and Conditions for use of Miniclip games – setting out the rights and restrictions on use of our products, and advising on compatibility with app-store terms
11. Reviewing and updating Miniclip employee policies in collaboration with external counsel across multiple jurisdictions
What are we looking for?
This role will be ideal for a senior level commercial lawyer with experience in the games industry looking to join a forward thinking, fast-moving and dynamic games company.
The following skills or experience are required:
12. 6+ years’ PQE qualified as a solicitor in a top tier private practice law firm or commercially-focussed in-house role, focussing on the mobile and gaming industry
13. Licensing and IP experience desirable
14. Strong drafting skills
15. Strong organisational skills
16. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
17. Can work on own initiative
18. Can juggle conflicting demands and effectively prioritise
19. A leader and team-player who is driven, proactive, agile and forward-thinking, with commercial acumen
Additional information
You will be working in our fashionable, open plan office in central London with enthusiasts and professionals from the games industry. We like to maintain a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere, and our office comes with a variety of activities and play spaces, such as pool and foosball tables, arcade games and video games console areas with 100” screens. To help keep you refreshed while in the office we also have complimentary drinks and snacks, fresh fruit delivered weekly, breakfast pastries, regular team building and social events. There’s even a free yoga class once a week and the occasional massage session!
We also have a fantastic benefits package, with Health Insurance, and dental cover, life insurance cover, critical illness cover, an income protection scheme, a generous holiday entitlement and a pension plan with company matching contributions (up to set levels).